Opposition sources report new Iraqi militia in Outer Damascus

Pro-opposition news site All4Syria reported Wednesday on the emergence of a new Iraqi militia entitled the Assad Allah al-Ghalib Brigade fighting alongside regime forces in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta.

Rebel faction Failaq al-Rahman released a video Wednesday of a slain fighter allegedly belonging to the new Iraqi Shiite faction, which recently entered Outer Damascus with the stated goal of protecting the area’s Shia holy sites, chief among them the Sayidda Zeinab shrine 10 kilometers south of Damascus.

The Assad Allah al-Ghalib Brigade adds to a growing list of foreign Shia fighters supporting Syrian government forces, chief among them the Lebanese Hezbollah, Iraq’s Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Brigade, and elements of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. By Syria Direct